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Table of Contents - Special Paper 427

The Geology and Paleontology of the Late Cretaceous Marine Deposits of the Dakotas

edited by James E. Martin and David C. Parris

1. Introduction to the geology and paleontology of the Late Cretaceous marine deposits of the Dakotas
D.C. Parris, S.Y. Shelton, and J.E. Martin
2. Revised lithostratigraphy of the lower Pierre Shale Group (Campanian) of central South Dakota, including newly designated members
J.E. Martin, J.L. Bertog, and D.C. Parris		 9
3. Geochemical and mineralogical recognition of the bentonites in the lower Pierre Shale Group and their use in regional stratigraphic correlation.
J. Bertog, W. Huff, and J.E. Martin		 23
4. Stratigraphy and paleoecology of the middle Pierre Shale along the Missouri River, central South Dakota
P.A. Hanczaryk and W.B. Gallagher		 51
5. Rare earth element (REE) analysis of fossil vertebrates from the Upper Cretaceous Pierre Shale Group for the purposes of paleobathymetric interpretations of the Western Interior Seaway
D. Patrick, J.E. Martin, D.C. Parris, and D.E. Grandstaff		 71
6. Mollusks from the late Campanian upper DeGrey Formation of the Pierre Shale Group, Missouri River Valley, central South Dakota
J.E. Fox		 85
7. Fossil fish from the Pierre Shale Group (Late Cretaceous): Clarifying the biostratigraphic record
D.C. Parris, B.S. Grandstaff, and W.B. Gallagher		 99
8. Taxonomic comparison and stratigraphic distribution of Toxochelys (Testudines: Cheloniidae) of South Dakota.
M. Hart Carrino		 111
9. A new polycotylid plesiosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Greenhorn Limestone (Upper Cretaceous; lower upper Cenomanian), Black Hills, South Dakota.
B.A. Schumacher		 133
10. Comparison of gastroliths within plesiosaurs (Elasmosauridae) from the Late Cretaceous marine deposits of Vega Island, Antarctic Peninsula, and the Missouri River area, South Dakota.
W.A. Thompson, J.E. Martin, and M. Reguero		 147
11. Rare earth element determination of the stratigraphic position of the holotype of Mosasaurus missouriensis (Harlan), the first named fossil reptile from the American West
D. Patrick, J.E. Martin, D.C. Parris, and D.E. Grandstaff		 155
12. Stomach contents of Globidens, a shell-crushing mosasaur (Squamata), from the Late Cretaceous Pierre Shale Group, Big Bend area of the Missouri River, central South Dakota
J.E. Martin and J.E. Fox		 167
13. A new species of the durophagous mosasaur, Globidens (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Late Cretaceous Pierre Shale Group of central South Dakota, USA
J.E. Martin		 177
14. A North American Hainosaurus (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of southern South Dakota
J.E. Martin		 199
15. The largest mosasaur (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Missouri River area (Late Cretaceous; Pierre Shale Group) of South Dakota and its relationship to Lewis and Clark
R.W. Meredith, J.E. Martin, and P.N. Wegleitner		 209
16. Pteranodon (Reptilia: Pterosauria): Stratigraphic distribution and taphonomy in the lower Pierre Shale Group (Campanian), western South Dakota and eastern Wyoming
J.E. Hargrave		 215
17. A new species of the diving bird, Baptornis (Ornithurae: Hesperornithiformes), from the lower Pierre Shale Group (Upper Cretaceous) of southwestern South Dakota
J.E. Martin and A. Cordes-Person		 227
18. Amphibian, reptilian, and avian remains from the Fox Hills Formation (Maastrichtian): Shoreline and estuarine deposits of the Pierre Sea in south-central North Dakota.
J.W. Hoganson, J.M. Erickson, and F.D. Holland Jr.		 239